Features¶

Connect and combine Symbol’s built-in features to architect your blockchain solution. Use our ready-made plugin configurations for your most common business needs, or configure the plugin primitives plugin to customize the capabilities of your network without sacrificing performance.

Transfer of value¶

Transfer Transaction¶

The most basic transaction used to send mosaics and messages between two accounts.

Aggregate Transaction¶

A type of transaction that merges multiple transactions into one by generating a one-time disposable smart contract.

Cross-Chain Swap¶

A built-in feature of Symbol which enables the trading of tokens across different blockchains without using an intermediary party (e.g. an exchange service).

Accounts management¶

Account¶

An account is a container for assets, which can only be modified with its private key.

Multisig Account¶

Accounts that require additional signatures (from cosignatories) to initiate actions/transfers.

Restrictions¶

A configurable set of smart rules to block announcing or receiving transactions for a specific account.

Assets issuance¶

Mosaics¶

Digital tokens on the Symbol blockchain used to represent fixed assets - set of multiple identical things that do not change.

Restrictions¶

A feature that allows mosaic creators to control which accounts can transact with the asset. It only affects mosaics with the restrictable property enabled explicitly at the moment of creation.

Namespaces¶

Unique domain spaces on the Symbol blockchain, which can be linked to Symbol accounts or mosaics. Functions similarly to internet domains.

Metadata¶

Additional information that can be attached to accounts or mosaics.

Network management¶

Harvesting¶

The process of creating new blocks on the Symbol blockchain.

Inflation¶

Assets created on the Symbol blockchain can set an inflation configuration to increase the supply per block.

Extending Symbol¶

The plugin approach allows developers to introduce different ways to alter the chain’s state via transactions without modifying the core engine or disrupting other features.

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